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ArticleScientific reports2025

Application of a targeted amplicon sequencing panel to screen for insecticide resistance mutations in Anopheles darlingi populations from Brazil.

Holly Acford-Palmer, Alice O Andrade, Jody E Phelan, Rosa A Santana, Stefanie C P Lopes, Jansen F Medeiros, Taane G Clark, Maisa S Araujo, Susana Campino

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Holly Acford-PalmerFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Alice O AndradePlataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores da Malária- PIVEM, Laboratório de Entomologia, Fiocruz Rondonia, Porto Velho, RO, Brazil.
Jody E PhelanFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Rosa A SantanaInstituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Stefanie C P LopesInstituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Jansen F MedeirosPlataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores da Malária- PIVEM, Laboratório de Entomologia, Fiocruz Rondonia, Porto Velho, RO, Brazil.
Taane G ClarkFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Maisa S AraujoPlataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores da Malária- PIVEM, Laboratório de Entomologia, Fiocruz Rondonia, Porto Velho, RO, Brazil. maisa.araujo@fiocruz.br.
Susana CampinoFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Susana.campino@lshtm.ac.uk.

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Brazilian Ministry of Health/DECIT/CNPq N° 23/2019 442653/2019-0British Council, Newton Institutional Links Grant no. 261868591CNPq productivity grant 304830/2022-4Gates Foundation INV-003970ICEMR CON-80002357UK Research and Innovation BB/X018156/1
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Abstract

Large-scale surveillance and informed vector control approaches are urgently needed to ensure that national malaria programs remain effective in reducing transmission and, ultimately, achieving malaria elimination targets. In South America, Anopheles darlingi is the primary malaria vector and is responsible for the majority of Plasmodium species transmission. However, little is known about the molecular markers associated with insecticide resistance in this species. In this study, we developed a low-cost, high throughput amplicon sequencing ("amp-seq") panel, consisting of 11 amplicons targeting genes linked to mosquito species identification (cox-1 and its2) and insecticide resistance (ace-1, GSTe2, vgsc and rdl). When used in tandem with dual-index barcoding of amplicons, this approach permits high numbers of loci and samples to be sequenced in single runs, thereby decreasing costs and increasing efficiency. By screening 200 An. darlingi mosquitoes collected in Brazil, our amp-seq approach identified 10 point mutations leading to amino acid changes in ace-1 (V243I, N294H, S673N, S674N/T) and GSTe2 genes (I114V, D128E, T166I, T179I, and T205A). Overall, our work has demonstrated the utility of amp-seq to provide insights into the genetic diversity of An. darlingi mosquitoes. The amp-seq approach can be applied as a wide-scale insecticide-resistance surveillance technique to better inform vector-control methods.

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AnophelesInsecticide ResistanceMosquito VectorsAnimalsBrazilHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingInsecticidesMalariaMutationInsecticides

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PMCPMC11698964

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